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They establish a "right-to-know" legal process by which requests may be made for government-held information, to be received freely or at minimal cost, barring standard exceptions.
They provide legal bases for people (NGOs, journalists, activists, etc.) to ask bureaucrats information about the government performance.
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Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments.
Definition. These laws are introduced in response to increasing dissatisfaction with secrecy around government policy.
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